妻
Ancient forms
2 formsGlyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Meaning
qì qi4
- to marry off (a daughter)
Example sentences
- He is always very respectful of his wife's opinions.
- The man and his wife helped each other.
- The President is usually accompanied by his wife when he goes abroad.
HSK words with 妻
More words with 妻
- 人妻 rénqī married woman; wife (as a social role)
- 妻儿 qīér wife and child
- 妻小 qīxiǎo wife and children
- 发妻 fàqī first wife
- 前妻 qiánqī ex-wife
- 同妻 tóngqī (neologism c. 2009) wife of a gay man (the man may marry to conform with social expectations, and the woman often enters the marriage not knowing he is gay)
- 妻室 qīshì wife
- 换妻 huànqī wife swapping
- 遗妻 yíqī widow
- 休妻 xiūqī to repudiate one's wife